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#2 Re: BEPs » Transparent web/p2p downloads » 2011-01-19 21:39:59

ant

right, that's what we're doing here, making them a bit more friendly with the web.

good point, there should be a file parameter for selecting one file out of possibly multiple files from a metadata file.

I forgot to include an example here too:

   Etag: "thvDyvhfIqlvFe+A9MYgxAfm1q5="
   Link: <http://www2.example.com/example.ext>; rel="duplicate"
   Link: <ftp://ftp.example.com/example.ext>; rel="duplicate"
   Link: <http://example.com/example.ext.torrent>; rel="describedby";
   type="application/x-bittorrent"
   Link: <http://example.com/example.ext.metalink>; rel="describedby";
   type="application/metalink4+xml"
   Link: <http://example.com/example.ext.asc>; rel="describedby";
   type="application/pgp-signature"
   Digest: SHA-256=MWVkMWQxYTRiMzk5MDQ0MzI3NGU5NDEyZTk5OWY1ZGFmNzgyZTJlO
   DYzYjRjYzFhOTlmNTQwYzI2M2QwM2U2MQ==

#3 BEPs » Transparent web/p2p downloads » 2011-01-19 19:22:59

ant
Replies: 3

this isn't a BEP exactly, but it's on the way to becoming an RFC.

basically this is a collection of recommendations for improving downloads based on other Internet standards.

the gist is that you get mirrors, p2p info including torrents, hashes, & signatures in HTTP headers. the type of stuff download managers/p2p clients would transparently use...multi-source downloads, error repair, etc.

for instance, a user could start downloading an ISO using an HTTP URI, then the download client could switch over to BitTorrent to finish the download, while also getting a chunk from an FTP server too.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bryan-metalinkhttp

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